The Illinois football team's wide receivers see unmistakable confidence in new Fighting Illini quarterback Tommy DeVito.
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By Anderson Kimball Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — One thing that was unmistakable for the Illinois wide receivers was the confidence of their new quarterback,
Tommy DeVito.
Isaiah Williams referenced his swagger on the first day of spring practice, while DeVito also told reporters during his introductory press conference that the word scared — he calls it the “s-word” — is not in his vocabulary.
“Tommy brings a swag to the team for sure,” receiver
Pat Bryant said. “He just makes us go out and be ourselves.”
DeVito can’t pinpoint the source, but that confidence is one of the things that won him the Illini’s starting quarterback job, one that gives him a fresh start heading into his final college season.
“I don’t really notice it; people kind of just mention it to me,” DeVito said. “I guess it’s kind of just how I am.”
He comes to Champaign after an up-and-down time at Syracuse where he entered as a four-star recruit, he’s still the highest-ranked recruit Orange coach
Dino Babers has signed during his tenure, and ended with him entering the transfer portal after losing the starting job during the 2021 season.